openmisc | Kent/Feldspar

"Just once more," they had said when Ellie's team petitioned for it. She was busy with Palmer, falling in love with science while he fell in love with God, and Kent was left to pick up the pieces. He wanted another damn go at it. The Machine had a pricetag in the billions; it was begging to be used again.

But they wouldn't let Ellie go. They wouldn't let just anyone go. They wanted someone who knew how it worked, who had been there from the beginning, but someone who isn't completely taken in by Ellie's words.

That leads them to a dozen people and they end up with Kent. He's blind, but that's not what decides it. They claim that he wouldn't hallucinate the way Ellie did. That he has a unique perspective.

And, he's already proven himself steady and loyal.

He experiences it all the way that Ellie does, but something goes wrong on the other end. Maybe another terrorist attack. Maybe not. All he knows is that he's in the sphere and then, suddenly, he's floating, unable to find his footing until a great crash and he slams into the bottom of the machine.

He groans, pulling his helmet on with a grunt and a wince.

"Fuck this," he mutters, finding the edge of the sphere with his hands. There was a door there somewhere. He just - has to find it.

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videointhenoise

Each kiss is met enthusiastically by Kent, and he keeps rocking into them and against them.

"Oh, fuck...are you going to fill me up?"

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getfeldsparred

Feldspar kisses Kent again and then slides their hand over his mouth. “Sssh. Of course I’m going to, you silly human.”

They laugh again, hoarse and broken, and kiss along their neck again until they find the already red mark from before. As they start to climax they sink their teeth down again, marking him as they come deep inside of him.

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videointhenoise

He is glad that the walls here are thick and reinforced because he cries out Feldspar's name so explicitly filthy that it would make even Slate blush. He digs his feet into the bed and pushes himself up so that they can fuck him through their climax.

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getfeldsparred

They still when the stars in their eyes slowly fade, head dropping onto Kent’s shoulder with a soft exhale. “That was so fucking good.”

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videointhenoise

Kent can only nod in agreement, his hand draped over their back. "I don't know what to say to that," he chuckles. "Because yeah. That's the most eloquent way to say it. I've needed this."

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getfeldsparred

“I’m very eloquent,” they huff, face turning to lean against Kent’s. They’re quiet for another minute or two, just enjoying the sound of Kent’s breath in his ear.

“You needed me to fuck you silly, huh?” Feldspar sits up slightly. “Just to sort of five up control for a while?”

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videointhenoise

"I don't know what I needed," he admits. "But whatever it was, you gave it to me." He turns and curls up around them. "I needed you."

That's all that matters.

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getfeldsparred

Feldspar shifts a little to make them both more comfortable, then sort of drape their arms over his chest as best they can.

“I needed you,” they echo quietly. More than they realized, they needed Kent to be complete again.

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videointhenoise

"Did you?"

He knows it. There's a part of him that knows how much they mean to them. But there's another part of him that feels like he should have been forgotten all those years in the abyss. Maybe he should have been left for nothing.

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getfeldsparred

Oh. They know that tone. Their own heart sinks and they pull one of their hands back to rest in the middle of his chest, fingers curling protectively.

“I need you to believe me when I say that I did.”

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videointhenoise

He takes a breath.

He takes their hand and kisses it.

"I believe you," he assures him. "I - I really do, baby."

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getfeldsparred

Feldspar hopes he does. All he can do is trust in Kent.

They cup Kent’s face and gently stroke his cheek with their thumb. “I love you.”

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videointhenoise

He nods and holds them tightly. "There have been...a lot of changes . I lost everything. You came back. We lost everything together. Now we have our hatchling again to protect. It's...a lot for me. I know it's a lot for you."

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getfeldsparred

They don’t know why it suddenly hits them just what Kent’s gone through - just what they put them through - right then and there with his words. They knew he’d been through something terrible, but hearing it like that…

Feldspar lays their forehead on the center of his chest. “I’m sorry,” they whisper. “I’m so sorry I did that to you. I’m sorry you had to go through it again and again.”

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videointhenoise

"I know you are. And - Felds, I've forgiven you already. The only person who can't forgive you is - you, baby," he mutters, draping a hand over them and gently rubbing their back.

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getfeldsparred

“More than that,” they say, sitting up slightly. “More than disappearing into the Dark Bramble. You were so a part of our lives that I forgot you lost your home and your people. I forgot how much…”

They just forgot, and they’re ashamed of it. They exhale softly and slide out of bed. “Give me a second, I’ll be right back.”

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videointhenoise

Kent frowns but lets them go. "Alright, honey. I'll be here." Probably asleep, but in the bed.

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getfeldsparred

It doesn’t take long for Feldspar to find what they’re looking for, though it was purposely buried and hidden away. They return to the bed and sit down beside Kent, exhaling and then wetting their lips with the tip of their tongue.

They bring the harmonica up to their mouth and begin to softly play.

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videointhenoise

Kent settles in the bed and closes his eyes, getting comfortable and expecting another late night. He moves over in happy surprise when Feldspar joins him again and then - freezes.

He hasn't heard that music in so long that he immediately chokes up, tears springing to his eyes in a rush of warmth and adoration. He doesn't dare interrupt, but he turns to face him, reaching out one hand to place on their leg.

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getfeldsparred

It’s just the quiet melody that places under the traveler’s song, but it’s the same tune they’d play from the top of the waterfall at night. It brings them back to those days when they’d sit together and talk, slowly falling in love.

Just two aliens underneath the stars together.

They play for a while, letting themselves get lost in the music and the feeling it always gives them, like the universe is embracing them. They lower the harmonica and wipe the tears from their own eyes, glancing down at Kent with a warm smile.

Their head finds their way onto his shoulder and they bring the harmonica back up to their mouth, ready to idly play the night away.

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videointhenoise

Kent settles into the music, hearing the waterfall himself, how it flows and falls. He hears how it brings him back to something so primal and beautiful.

He holds them when they're finished. "I love you," he says. "I am so happy you're home."

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getfeldsparred

Feldspar knows this one thing for certain: the stars may have their allure, but Kent is home. They smile and turn their head to kiss his chin.

“Happy to be home. Do you want to sleep and I’ll keep playing a while?”

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videointhenoise

"Yeah," he agrees. "It reminds me of listening to the radio at night. Remember? When you and I would stay up too late? Hornfels would get so annoyed," he mutters, curling up beside him.

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getfeldsparred

They laugh and the harmonica hums along. “And Esker was so nosy! They loved listening to us, that perv.”

Feldspar sighs quietly. “I’d sit up there in my chair and wait until I saw Timber Hearth spinning in the distance.”